Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)

Client Notes

Link to the CDC for Acute Flaccid Myelitis

AFT CLINICIAN AID

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Fact Sheet 

ISDH Alert 10/17/18

Specimen Requirements

2  (> 1) Grams Whole Stool in a Sterile Gray 

Transport And Storage

Freeze at -20°C
Ship on dry ice

Collection Instructions

Collect in sterile container, no special medium required. Please do not send a rectal swab

Two samples total, collected at least 24 hours apart, both collected as early in illness as possible and ideally within 14 days of illness onset. Results for EV/RV and poliovirus testing will be returned as testing completed (within 14 days)

Minimum Volume

Neonatal Volume

Reference Range:

See Interpretive Report

Methodology:

• Unknown

CPT Coding

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